There are provided a method and an apparatus for generating a current command value for tracking the maximum power point of a solar energy generating system. The apparatus includes: a voltage detector detecting a voltage input into the flyback power converter; a first calculator calculating an output power from the detected input voltage; a second calculator calculating a power variation based on the calculated output power and a voltage variation of the input voltage; and a current command value generator generating a current command value for tracking the maximum power point of the solar cell module from the calculated voltage variation and the calculated power variation. Accordingly, a current command value after calculating an output power may be generated with only a voltage detector, without a current detector, thereby reducing the costs of a solar energy generating system by decreasing the costs for a high-priced current detector, and simplifying circuit.
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6. A method of generating a current command value for tracking a maximum power point of a solar energy generating system including a solar cell module and a flyback power converter for receiving a voltage from the solar cell module to output the received voltage as a grid voltage, the method comprising:
detecting a voltage input into the flyback power converter;
calculating a power output from the detected input voltage;
calculating a power variation based on the calculated output power and a voltage variation of the input voltage; and
generating a current command value for tracking the maximum power point of the solar cell module from the calculated voltage variation and the calculated power variation.
1. An apparatus for generating a current command value for tracking a maximum power point of a solar energy generating system including a solar cell module and a flyback power converter for receiving a voltage from the solar cell module to output the received voltage as a grid voltage, the apparatus comprising:
a voltage detector detecting a voltage input into the flyback power converter;
a first calculator calculating an output power from the detected input voltage;
a second calculator calculating a power variation based on the calculated output power and a voltage variation of the input voltage; and
a current command value generator generating a current command value for tracking the maximum power point of the solar cell module from the calculated voltage variation and the calculated power variation.
2. The apparatus of
3. The apparatus of
4. The apparatus of
5. The apparatus of
wherein, VG denotes a maximum value of a grid voltage in a power grid connected to an output terminal of the flyback power converter, VPV denotes a maximum value of the input voltage, Lm denotes a magnetizing inductance of a transformer included in the flyback power converter, fmin denotes a minimum switching frequency, ω denotes a switching frequency, Lf denotes an output inductor of the flyback power converter, Cf denotes an output capacitor of the flyback power converter, and n denotes a winding number ratio of the transformer included in the flyback power converter.
7. The method of
determining a position of an operating point on a maximum power point curve of the solar cell module from the calculated voltage variation and the calculated power variation; and
generating the current command value for tracking the maximum power point based on the determined operating point.
8. The method of
9. The method of
10. The method of
wherein, VG denotes a maximum value of a grid voltage in a power grid connected to an output terminal of the flyback power converter, VPV denotes a maximum value of the input voltage, Lm denotes a magnetizing inductance of a transformer included in the flyback power converter, fmin denotes a minimum switching frequency, ω denotes a switching frequency, Lf denotes an output inductor of the flyback power converter, Cf denotes an output capacitor of the flyback power converter, and n denotes a winding number ratio of the transformer included in the flyback power converter.
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This application claims the priority of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0131617 filed on Dec. 21, 2010, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a solar energy generating system, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for generating a current command value for tracking a maximum power point in the solar energy generating system.
2. Description of the Related Art
In general, a solar energy generating system is a system for converting light energy into electrical energy by using solar cells.
As for the solar cell module 10 employed in this solar energy generating system, as shown in
In addition, the power converter 20 of the solar energy generating system of the related art needs a separate current detector for detecting current from the solar cell module 10 other than a voltage detector for detecting voltage of the solar cell module 10, in order to track the maximum power point of the solar cell module 10. This causes an increase in the total costs of the solar energy generating system and a complexity of the circuits thereof.
An aspect of the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for generating current command value for tracking a maximum power point of a solar energy generating system capable of reducing the costs of a solar energy generating system and simplifying the circuit.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for generating a current command value for tracking the maximum power point of a solar energy generating system including a solar cell module and a flyback power converter for receiving a voltage from the solar cell module to output the received voltage as a grid voltage, the apparatus including: a voltage detector detecting a voltage input into the flyback power converter; a first calculator calculating a power output from the detected input voltage; a second calculator calculating a power variation based on the calculated output power and a voltage variation of the input voltage; and a current command value generator generating a current command value for tracking the maximum power point of the solar cell module from the calculated voltage variation and the calculated power variation.
The current command value generator may determine a position of an operating point on a maximum power point curve of the solar cell module from the calculated voltage variation and the calculated power variation, and generate the current command value for tracking the maximum power point based on the determined operating point.
The current command value generator may determine that the operating point exists to the left of the maximum power point on the maximum power point curve when both of the voltage variation and the power variation have positive values, and determine that the operating point exists to the right of the maximum power point on the maximum power point curve when either of the voltage variation and the power variation has a negative value.
The current command value generator may generate the current command value by deducting a predetermined value from the existing current command value when the operating point exists to the left of the maximum power point and by adding a predetermined value to the existing current command value when the operating point exists to the right of the maximum power point.
The first calculator may calculate the output power by the following equation:
wherein, VG denotes a maximum value of a grid voltage in the power grid connected to an output terminal of the flyback power converter, VPV denotes a maximum value of the input voltage, Lm denotes a magnetizing inductance of a transformer included in the flyback power converter, fmin denotes a minimum switching frequency, ω denotes a switching frequency, Lf denotes an output inductor of the flyback power converter, Cf denotes an output capacitor of the flyback power converter, and n denotes a winding number ratio of the transformer included in the flyback power converter.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of generating a current command value for tracking a maximum power point of a solar energy generating system including a solar cell module and a flyback power converter for receiving a voltage from the solar cell module to output the received voltage as a grid voltage, the apparatus including: detecting an voltage input into the flyback power converter; calculating a power output from the detected input voltage; calculating a power variation based on the calculated output power and a voltage variation of the input voltage; and generating a current command value for tracking the maximum power point of the solar cell module from the calculated voltage variation and the calculated power variation.
The generating of the current command value may include: determining a position of an operating point on a maximum power point curve of the solar cell module from the calculated voltage variation and the calculated power variation; and generating the current command value for tracking the maximum power point based on the determined operating point.
The determining of the position of the operating point may include determining that the operating point exists to the left of the maximum power point on the maximum power point curve when both of the voltage variation and the power variation have positive values, and determining that the operating point exists to the right of the maximum power point on the maximum power point curve when either of the voltage variation and the power variation has a negative value.
The generating of the current command value may include generating the current command value by deducting a predetermined value from the existing current command value when the operating point exists to the left of the maximum power point and by adding a predetermined value to the existing current command value when the operating point exists to the right of the maximum power point.
The calculating of the output power may be performed by the following equation:
wherein, VG denotes a maximum value of a grid voltage in the power grid connected to an output terminal of the flyback power converter, VPV denotes a maximum value of the input voltage, Lm denotes a magnetizing inductance of a transformer included in the flyback power converter, fmin denotes a minimum switching frequency, ω denotes a switching frequency, Lf denotes an output inductor of the flyback power converter, Cf denotes an output capacitor of the flyback power converter, and n denotes a winding number ratio of the transformer included in the flyback power converter.
The above and other aspects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that they could be easily practiced by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. However, in describing the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or constructions will be omitted so as not to obscure the description of the present invention with unnecessary detail.
In addition, like reference numerals denote like elements throughout the drawings.
First, in the flyback power converter A with reference to
The input capacitor bank 310 of the flyback power converter A may be provided by connecting several capacitors in parallel in order to smooth an input voltage to be approximate to a direct current by removing voltage ripples.
The main switch set 330 of the flyback power converter A may include a main switch Qm and a snubber 331 for stabilizing a voltage of the main switch Qm. The main switch Qm converts a DC output inputted from a solar cell module into an AC form by high-frequency switching (several tens of kHz to several hundreds of kHz), and then transmits the converted output to a secondary side of the transformer 820. The snubber 331 may be provided in several types, and for example, a most general RC snubber is displayed in
The high frequency transformer 320 of the flyback power converter A may include three windings. A primary side is connected between a (+) terminal of the input capacitor bank 310 and the main switch set 330. A secondary side may be constituted in a center-tap type. In the secondary side, a center tap is connected to a neutral point of the power grid (see, 30 in
The line switch set 340 of the flyback power converter A is switched in synchronization with frequency of the power grid (see, 30 in
The output filter 350 of the flyback power converter A may include a filter capacitor Cf and a filter inductor Lf. The output filter 350 may smooth a high frequency current, which is transmitted to the secondary side of the transformer 320 by switching of the main switch Qm, to a low frequency (50 Hz to 60 Hz) current corresponding to the frequency of the grid voltage. In the present invention, since the output of the flyback power converter A is connected to the power grid 30 shown in
In regard to unexplained reference letters, Vcf denotes a voltage of the filter capacitor Cf, VLf denotes a voltage between both terminals of the filter inductor Lf, io denotes an output current, Vg denotes a grid voltage, L1 denotes a leakage inductance of the transformer, Lm denotes a magnetizing inductance of the transformer, iLm denotes a magnetizing current of the transformer, VQm denotes a voltage of the main switch Qm, Vpv denotes an input voltage, ip denotes a primary-side current, Vp denotes a primary-side voltage of the transformer, and Vs1 and Vs2 denote secondary-side voltages of the transformer.
The grid phase detector 370 detects a phase of the output voltage of the flyback power converter A, i.e., the grid voltage, and transmits the detected phase of the grid voltage Vg to PWM generator 380.
The current command value generator 360 may include a voltage detector 361 for detecting the input voltage Vp of the flyback power converter A to transmit the detected input voltage VPV to a first calculator 362 and a second calculator 363, the first calculator 362 for calculating the output power from the input voltage VPV transmitted from the voltage detector 361 and transmitting the calculated output power to the second calculator 363, the second calculator 363 for calculating a power variation ΔP based on the output power transmitted from the first calculator 362 and a voltage variation ΔV of the input voltage transmitted from the voltage detector 361 and transmitting the calculated power variation ΔP and voltage variation ΔV to the current command value generator 364, and the current command value generator 364 for generating a current command value ip*(pk) for tracking a maximum power point of the solar cell module from the power variation ΔP and the voltage variation ΔV transmitted from the second calculator 363. The generated current command value ip*(pk) may be transmitted to the PWM generator 380.
Hereinafter, a procedure of calculating the output power from the input voltage VPV is described in more detail.
When the output current of the flyback power converter A is denoted as io(=Io sin ωt) and the grid voltage is denoted as Vg(=Vo sin ωt), a one-period average output power of the grid voltage, Po, may be represented by the following equation 1;
Meanwhile, the output current io may be represented by the following equation 2:
In addition, from the equation 2, the voltage VLf between both ends of the filter inductor Lf may be expressed by the following equation 3:
The voltage VCf between both ends of the filter capacitor Cf may be expressed by the sum of the voltage VLf between both ends of the filter inductor Lf, and the grid voltage Vg. The current iCf flowing into the filter capacitor Cf may be represented by the following equation 4:
When an input terminal current of the output filter 350 is denoted as is, the input terminal current is may be expressed by the sum of the output current io and the current flowing into the filter capacitor Cf, as in the following equation 5:
From the equation 5, a secondary-side peak current is(pk) of the transformer 320 required every switching period may be represented by the following equation 6:
wherein, Dpk represents a maximum duty ratio of the main switch Qm. The main switch Qm is controlled so that current flowing through the magnetizing inductance Lm of the transformer 320 is operated in a boundary conduction mode (BCM).
Meanwhile, the duty ratio of the main switch Qm may be represented by the flowing equation 7:
Accordingly, when the winding number ratio of the transformer 320 is noted as n, from the equations 6 and 7, a primary-side peak current ip(pk) of the transformer 320 may be represented by the following equation 8:
Meanwhile, a relation between the characteristics of the flyback power converter A, i.e., between the primary-side peak current ip(pk) and the magnetizing inductance Lm, a maximum duty ratio Dpk, a maximum value Vpv of the input voltage, and a switching period T may be represented as follows:
From equations 7, 8, and 9, the output power Po of the flyback power converter A may be represented as the following equation 10:
Herein, it can be understood that the output power Po is calculable by only the input voltage Vpv due to characteristic of the flyback power converter A, considering that all variables, other than the input voltage Vpv, are knowable values.
Meanwhile, the current command value generator 364 determines a position of an operating point on a maximum power point curve of the solar cell module from the voltage variation ΔV and the power variation ΔP, and generates a current command value ip*(pk) for tracking the maximum power point based on the determined operating point. Particularly, the current command value generator 364 may determine that the operating point exists to the left of the maximum power point on the maximum power point curve when both of the voltage variation ΔV and the power variation ΔP have positive values, and determine that the operating point exists to the right of the maximum power point on the maximum power point curve when either of the voltage variation ΔV and the power variation ΔP has a negative value.
The current command value generator 364 generates the current command value ip*(pk), by deducting a predetermined value from the existing current command value when the operating point exists to the left of the maximum power point and by adding a predetermined value to the existing current command value when the operating point exists to the right of the maximum power point. The relation between the voltage variation ΔV and the power variation ΔP as described above is shown in TABLE 1 below.
TABLE 1
ΔP > 0
ΔP < 0
ΔV > 0
operating point being
operating point being
positioned on the left of
positioned on the right of
the maximum power point
the maximum power point
ΔV < 0
operating point being
operating point being
positioned on the right of
positioned on the left of
the maximum power point
the maximum power point
Further, the variation of the current command value according to a position of the operating point is shown in TABLE 2 below.
TABLE 2
ΔP > 0
ΔP < 0
ΔV > 0
(ip * (pk)) ↓
(ip * (pk)) ↑
ΔV < 0
(ip * (pk)) ↑
(ip * (pk)) ↓
Meanwhile, the PWM generator 380 generates switching signals SWQm, SWQp and SWQn for controlling the main switch Qm and two pairs of line switches Qp and Qn, from the current command value transmitted from the current command value generator 360 and the phase of grid voltage transmitted from the grid phase detector 370, and then controls the main switch Qm and the line switches Qp and Qn by the generated switching signals SWQm, SWQp and SWQp. In the present invention, detailed description about the PWM generator 380 is omitted since detailed operation of the PWM generator 380 is away from the scope of the present invention.
Referring to
Meanwhile,
Referring to
In operation 501, the first calculator 362 calculates an output power Ppv[n] from the input voltage Vpv transmitted from the voltage detector 361, and transmits the calculated output power Ppv[n] to second calculator 363.
In operation 502, the second calculator 363 calculates a power variation ΔP based on the output power transmitted from the first calculator 362 and a voltage variation ΔV of the input voltage transmitted from the voltage detector 361, and then transmits the calculated power variation ΔP and voltage variation ΔV to current command value generator 364. Herein, the power variation ΔP is a value obtained by deducting the previous power Ppv[n−1] from the current power Ppv[n], and the voltage variation ΔV is a value obtained by deducting the previous voltage Vpv[n−1 from the current voltage Vpv[n].
In operation 503, the current command value generator 364 generates a current command value ip*(pk) for tracking a maximum power point of solar cell module from the power variation ΔP and the voltage variation ΔV transmitted from the second calculator 363. Particularly, the current command value generator 364 determines the position of an operating point on a maximum power point curve of the solar cell module according to the voltage variation ΔV and the power variation ΔP, and generates the current command value ip*(pk) according to the determined position of the operating point. This is described in more detail below.
In operation 503 and operation 504, the current command value generator 364 determines that the operating point is positioned on the left of the maximum power point on the maximum power point curve when both of the voltage variation ΔV and the power variation ΔP have positive values. Next, the process proceeds to operation 505.
In operation 505, the current command value generator 364 generates a new current command value ip*(pk)[n+1] by deducting a predetermined value Δi from the previous current command value ip*(pk)[n]. The generated current command value ip*(pk)[n+1] is transmitted to PWM generator 380.
Likewise, in operation 503 and operation 504, the current command value generator 364 determines that the operating point is positioned on the right of the maximum power point on the maximum power point curve when the power variation ΔP has a positive value and the voltage variation ΔV has a negative value. Next, the process proceeds to operation 506.
In operation 506, the current command value generator 364 generates a new current command value ip*(pk)[n+1] by adding a predetermined value Δi to the previous current command value ip*(pk)[n]. The generated current command value ip*(pk)[n+1] is transmitted to the PWM generator 380.
In operation 503 and operation 507, the current command value generator 364 determines that the operating point is positioned on the right of the maximum power point on the maximum power point curve when the power variation ΔP has a negative value and the voltage variation ΔV has a positive value. Next, the process proceeds to operation 508.
In operation 508, the current command value generator 364 generates a new current command value ip*(pk)[n+1] by adding a predetermined value Δi to the previous current command value ip*(pk)[n]. The generated current command value ip*(pk)[n+1] is transmitted to the PWM generator 380.
Likewise, in operation 503 and operation 507, the current command value generator 364 determines that the operating point is positioned on the left of the maximum power point on the maximum power point curve when both of the power variation ΔP and the voltage variation ΔV have negative values. Next, the process proceeds to operation 509.
In operation 509, the current command value generator 364 generates a new current command value ip*(pk)[n+1] by deducting a predetermined value Δi from the previous current command value ip*(pk)[n]. The generated current command value ip*(pk)[n+1] is transmitted to the PWM generator 380.
As set forth above, according to embodiments of the present invention, a current command value may be generated after calculating an output power, with only a voltage detector without a current detector, by using characteristics of a flyback power converter. Further, the embodiment of the present invention is capable of reducing the costs of a solar energy generating system by decreasing the costs for a high-priced current detector, and capable of simplifying circuit.
While the present invention has been shown and described in connection with the exemplary embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
Kim, Tae Hoon, Kim, Young Ho, Lee, Tae Won, Kim, Jin Wook, Kim, Don Sik, Song, Doo Young, Won, Chung Yuen, Ji, Yong Hyok, Heo, Min Ho
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